A D V E R T I S E M E N T
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
John Klicker / The Outlook
From left, Corbett High School freshmen David Schroth, 15, Finn Thorsell, 14, Daniel Handy, 15, and Cole Ceciliani, 15, talk about their recent placing at the the sixth annual Academic WorldQuest at Lewis & Clark College on Feb. 23. The team is headed to the national competition in Washington, D.C., Saturday, April 5.
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Did you know Australia fines it citizens for not voting?
And which of these countries has not had a democratic election in 20 years — Egypt, Sudan, Kosovo or Costa Rica?
Answer: Sudan.
If you knew these facts, you might have had a chance at going to Washington, D.C., this April. However, you’ve been beaten to the punch by a group of four freshmen at Corbett High School.
The team of Finn Thorsell, 14, David Schroth, 15, Daniel Handy, 15, and Cole Ceciliani, 15, earned second place at the sixth annual Academic WorldQuest at Lewis & Clark College on Feb. 23.
The Corbett freshmen’s hard work has earned them a trip to the nation’s capital where they will compete in the World Affairs Council of America’s Academic WorldQuest on Saturday, April 5.
When asked what the secret of the team’s success was, Cole answered: “We’re all just buddies.”
Forty-two high schools from Oregon and Southwest Washington competed at the February event, which was presented by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
The competition tested the students’ knowledge of history, geography, culture, international affairs and current events. It consisted of 10 rounds of 10 questions each.
Cole notes that he and his friends each selected a region of the world to study for three months prior to WorldQuest. Cole took Australia and the Americas, Finn researched Africa, David concentrated on Europe and Daniel studied Asia.
It’s the first time any of the high schoolers had competed in an academic event, Cole says. “We really didn’t know what we were doing.”
“We didn’t know what it was like,” Finn adds.
The team has met each Friday since November, and individually researched newspapers and other sources of information. Finn says the team answered some of the questions at the competition “off the top of our heads” and struggled with others.
“When we were studying for the questions, I expected more plain geography, when they had more in-depth complicated questions.”
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